cafeharmon - Wednesday, February 1

Bell Ringer: 3 Tone Words and a Power Verb!

Write a sentence that illustrates each on a sentence strip. Pin these sentences to the board under the word for each.

Pedantic- overly concerned with minute details, especially in teaching; ostentatious in one's learning
Audacious- recklessly bold or daring
Elegiac- expressing sorrow or lamentation
Epitomize-serve as a typical example of; typify

By the way...
Check out this website! Opposing viewpoints on the arguments you planned last time.

Arguments fall apart when the reasoning behind them is not sound. Discuss the fallacies on your handout.

Read "In Cutting Sports Funding, Everyone Loses"
Use the checklist to evaluate this argument. Decide the author's thesis and examine the reasoning behind it.

Read "To Strengthen America's Public Education System, Cut School Sports"

Time to weigh in! Click the link to the discussion board. Choose 2 threads to comment in with a prepared response and 1 thread to respond to your peers. You should have a total of 3 posts.